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TopicAnanth Kumar

Topic: Ananth Kumar

Change of guard, no family card: BJP’s larger message in ticket distribution

BJP's ninth list is symbolic of its efforts to ease out the older guard beyond the obvious names and dismiss the 'family factor'.

Power gets concentrated in fewer hands after Modi govt loses one more minister

Ananth Kumar’s portfolios given to Sadananda Gowda and Narendra Tomar, triggering criticism that power remains concentrated in a few hands in Modi govt.

Narendra Singh Tomar and Sadananda Gowda assigned charge of additional ministries

Tomar has got Parliamentary Affairs Ministry and Gowda ministry of chemicals and fertilisers, both posts which were left vacant after Ananth Kumar's demise.

Ananth Kumar’s demise a big setback for BJP’s Karnataka 2019 plans

Although not a leader with mass appeal, Ananth Kumar had a reputation of being a sound strategist with expertise in organisational affairs.

Ananth Kumar, a skillful administrator and a political heavyweight

Union minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away Monday, was an old political warhorse who never lost his Bengaluru (South) Lok Sabha constituency.

Union minister Ananth Kumar back in India after treatment, still needs to rest

Union minister Ananth Kumar's office in Bengaluru has denied reports that he is suffering from cancer.

The cancer that ails 2 of India’s top politicians & a talent-averse Modi govt

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

As Ananth Kumar passes away, a look at politicians who have beaten or succumbed to cancer

Union minister Ananth Kumar died Monday of cancer, a disease that also afflicts his former ministerial colleague Manohar Parrikar.

Union minister Ananth Kumar undergoes surgery in US, may return next weekend

Minister’s office terms as 'rumours' reports that he has pancreatic cancer. BJP and government silent on nature of illness. 

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.